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International Literacy Day – #SImakingchange: Education

Take a look at Soroptimist International Club projects and how they are contributing in the fight against illiteracy and engaging women and girls in education. The stats speak for themselves with approximately 775 million people, 64% of whom are women, functionally illiterate. What this means is they lack the basic

#SImakingchange: Action in the Community

Soroptimist International Clubs across the world are consistently identifying the little things that make a big difference to their communities. These are just some of the community-based projects Soroptimists are doing to help empower, educate and enable women and girls. SI Leigh and District, UK saw a need for local

#SImakingchange: Health

Pat Black reports from UN SDG Global Summit 29 September 2015

"Keeping up with the pace of life at UN related events is never easy. There are constant meetings taking place not just in the UN precinct but all around New York. There is the necessity of adjusting to temperatures inside rooms which are lower than the humid heat of

Pat Black reports from UN SDG Global Summit 28 September 2015

"I did not think the grid lock or security situation here in New York could get any worse. I was wrong - today it did. And the reason for that - US President Obama and Russia's President Putin were both in town today to address the UN General Assembly,

See Solar, Cook Solar, Kubulau District Primary School, Fiji

Third (and Final) Solar Cooker Installation and Training in Kubulau District Primary School in Bua, Vanua Levu in FIJI ISLANDS by Shikha Raturi Photo: Panoramic view of Kubulau District Primary School This trip was the one I was most worried about as the logistics were so complex. We were

Pat Black reports from UN SDG Global Summit 27 September 2015

The UN Global Summit took a slightly different turn today and inevitably the security stepped up a notch. I don’t think I have seen quite so many black windowed vehicles in one place ever as were on the streets of New York today. The Beijing Platform for Action which

Pat Black reports from UN SDG Global Summit 26 September 2015

"I was fortunate enough to be able to gain a place at the Interactive Dialogue session in the UN on Fostering sustainable economic growth, transformation and sustainable consumption and production. When I say ‘fortunate’ I do not take into account the intricate security manoeuvres we have to go through to

Pat Black 'A million Voices' Friday 25 September from the UN SDG Global Summit

"Another day with New York in the grip of strong security and almost grid locked. With Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, International Development Ministers and of course the Pope turning up at the UN for the opening session of the General Assembly’s Special High Level Summit on the Sustainable Development

Pat Black at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit

Day One: 24 September 2015 As New York awakes, SI shares the first in a series of daily updates from Pat Black, International Director of Advocacy. "Well, the Soroptimist delegation to the SDG Global Summit has arrived in a balmy and sunny New York. However, our planes were not

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